March 18
1. "Sorry Wrong Number" Old time radio show- listening exercise. You might be able to find this on the internet, but need to come get the question sheet for it.
2. "Word Power" Literature Power story- come pick it up. See "Literature Power" wikipage to your right to get complete instructions on which questions to complete.
3. Persuasive Essay- See complete instructions on the "persuasive essay" wikipage to your right. Below is just a summary of what we did each day this week.
a. Prewriting organizer- choose one from the following links, or create your own web.
1. "Sorry Wrong Number" Old time radio show- listening exercise. You might be able to find this on the internet, but need to come get the question sheet for it.
2. "Word Power" Literature Power story- come pick it up. See "Literature Power" wikipage to your right to get complete instructions on which questions to complete.
3. Persuasive Essay- See complete instructions on the "persuasive essay" wikipage to your right. Below is just a summary of what we did each day this week.
a. Prewriting organizer- choose one from the following links, or create your own web.
b. Introductory paragraph and Thesis statement- instruction and examples. The following links may help you.
And my example of an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement at the end:
March 19
1. Persuasive Essay-
c. Body paragraphs- again instruction and example. The following links may help you.
Writing the Body paragraphs
March 20
1. Persuasive Essay-
d. Closing paragraph- instruction and example. The following links may help you.
Writing the Closing paragraph
March 21
1. Persuasive Essay-
e. revise
March 22
1. Persuasive Essay-
f. final copy- hand in the prewriting organizer and drafts. Below is how you will be marked: